#BFCDC9#BFCDC9

#BFCDC9 is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.016 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFCDC9
RGB	rgb(191, 205, 201)
HSL	hsl(163, 12%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(163, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -5.50, 0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 5.51, 176.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0162 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.016 177)
XYZ	xyz(53.8576, 58.9555, 63.7891)
Luminance	0.5896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFCDC9 #CDBFC3

analogous

#BFCDC2 #BFCDC9 #BFCACD

triadic

#BFCDC9 #C9BFCD #CDC9BF

tetradic

#BFCDC9 #C2BFCD #CDBFC3 #CACDBF

square

#BFCDC9 #C2BFCD #CDBFC3 #CACDBF

split-complementary

#BFCDC9 #CDBFCA #CDC2BF

monochromatic

#7A978F #9DB2AC #BFCDC9 #E1E8E6 #EEF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BFCDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#BFCDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCDC9

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFCDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFCDC9	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCCDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfcdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 205, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.016 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dcd9',
    500: '#bfcdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfcdc9;
$custom-light: #d2dcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfcdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 12.281,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83645,
    "c": 0.01619,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.58956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFCDC9

secondary

#A18F94

accent

#4F6396

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCDC9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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